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Smith, Malbert III; Schiano, Anne; Lattanzio, Elizabeth – Knowledge Quest, 2014
We are at a transformative moment in education with the almost universal adoption (forty-five states, the District of Columbia, and four territories) of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). As we move from adoption to implementation of these standards across the country, the climate for educational reform has led to expectations of change that…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Models, Reading Programs
Maynard, Jennifer Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Emphasis on regular mathematics skill assessment, intervention, and progress monitoring under the RTI model has created a need for the development of assessment instruments that are psychometrically sound, reliable, universal, and brief. Important factors to consider when developing or selecting assessments for the school environment include what…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Mathematics Skills, Student Evaluation, Progress Monitoring
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Garcia, Shernaz B.; Ortiz, Alba A. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2008
Response to Intervention (RTI) was encoded into the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, and is being adopted on a wide scale as an alternative approach to identification of students with learning disabilities. For RTI to be an effective mechanism for addressing disproportionate representation of culturally and…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Identification
Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2010
One of the key requirements of the Common Core State Standards for Reading is that all students must be able to comprehend texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school. By the time they complete the core, students must be able to read and comprehend independently and proficiently the kinds of complex texts commonly found…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Glossaries